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Close up of writer Gunter Grass with pipe, reading papers2. Close of Grass's hand making notes3. Grass sorting papers with colleague4. Close tilt down of cover of new edition of 'Die Blechtrommel' ('The Tin...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eGoettingen - 15 October 2009\u003cbr/\u003e1. Close up of writer Gunter Grass with pipe, reading papers\u003cbr/\u003e2. Close of Grass's hand making notes\u003cbr/\u003e3. Grass sorting papers with colleague\u003cbr/\u003e4. Close tilt down of cover of new edition of 'Die Blechtrommel' ('The Tin Drum')\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (German) Gunter Grass, writer:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think the only really functioning International is the one of the petty bourgeoisie. They exist all over the world and the dreams and eccentricities of the petty bourgeois, the seductiveness of the petty bourgeois - all this plays a role in the novel and many recognised themselves there.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Second cover of new edition of 'Die Blechtrommel'\u003cbr/\u003e7. Grass looking at book in front of book shelf\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (German) Gunter Grass, writer:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We can only win the right to criticise if we are willing to name the horrendous deficiencies in our own country. Then we will be credible. Otherwise, this is an arrogant and pharisaic behaviour.\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. Close up of hands\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (German) Gunter Grass, writer: \u003cbr/\u003e\"German authors - this is too narrow. It is about the German language, about literature in German and they (the three German-writing Nobel prize winners in Literature Elfriede Jelinek, Gunter Grass and Herta Mueller) belong to it. And this is wonderful. It is wonderful on the one hand, Herta Mueller is a good writer I hold in high regard, but I was hoping for Amos Oz to finally get it, that's what I expected.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. Cutaway of box of matches\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE (German) Gunter Grass, writer: \u003cbr/\u003e\"I chose this profession and to take risks is part of it and this actually helped me to remain active until advanced age and to take new adventures in writing over and over again.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Close up of pipe being lit, put back to  Gunter Grass smoking\u003cbr/\u003eFrankfurt am Main - 14 October 2009\u003cbr/\u003e14. Wide of exhibition hall at Frankfurt Book Fair to booth of publisher Steidl\u003cbr/\u003e15. Poster announcing the 50th anniversary of 'Die Blechtrommel' \u003cbr/\u003e16. Close up of Grass books on shelf\u003cbr/\u003e17. Shelf with books by Gunter Grass\u003cbr/\u003eFifty years after he arrived on the international stage with the publication of 'Die Blechtrommel,' or 'The Tin Drum,' author Gunter Grass is still surprised at the overnight success of his tale of World War II, as seen through the eyes of a stunted boy and his toy instrument.\u003cbr/\u003eSitting in the library of his German publisher, Steidl, in the central German university town of Goettingen, Grass - who turned 82 on Friday - dressed in a tweed jacket, his ubiquitous pipe in hand, gave pause when asked the reason for the book's global appeal.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Perhaps because it's a good book,\" he quipped.\u003cbr/\u003eSince its publication 50 years ago, his pivotal work has been translated into some 40 different languages and helped earn Grass the Nobel Prize in literature in 1999 and a standing as one of the world's literary giants.\u003cbr/\u003eIn an interview with The Associated Press, the highly political author reflected not only on his work, but the Swedish Academy's decisions for the Nobel Prize in literature, the \"deplorable state of affairs\" for authors in China and what he called the equally dismal state of democracy in Germany.\u003cbr/\u003eThe anniversary of 'The Tin Drum' is being marked by publication of nearly a dozen new translations which were unveiled at the 61st Frankfurt Book Fair that ends on Sunday.\u003cbr/\u003eThis year's fair is highlighting literature and culture from China, and Grass, well-known for his long history as a Social Democrat and political activist, did not shy away from jumping into the discourse surrounding the decision by the fair's organisers to feature a country where many authors openly suffer from government censorship.\u003cbr/\u003eHowever, he was quick to point out what he sees as shortcomings in his own country.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We can only win the right to criticize if we are willing to name the horrendous deficiencies in our own country. Then we will be credible,\" he said. \"Otherwise, this is an arrogant and pharisaic behaviour.\"\u003cbr/\u003eGrass was less critical of the Swedish Academy's decision to award this year's Nobel prize for literature to the little-known German author Herta Mueller, noting that it is a \"wonderful thing\" for the German language that three of its authors - Austria's Elfriede Jelenik in 2004, himself and now Mueller - have won the prize since 1999.\u003cbr/\u003e\"She was awarded the prize and she earned it,\" he said of the Romanian-born Mueller, noting that many worthy and well-known authors never win.\u003cbr/\u003e\"One could say that it is possible to imagine others who could have won this year.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Herta Mueller is a good writer I hold in high regard, but I was hoping for Amos Oz to finally get it, that's what I expected,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eAfter finishing 'The Tin Drum,' Grass tried out different concepts of storytelling, which resulted in 'Cat and Mouse,' and 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